CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72395

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's hwmon subsystem (pmbus), regulator events are passed to the regulator core as a combined bitmask. If multiple distinct faults occur, the mask does not match any case in regulator_handle_critical(), bypassing the critical hardware protection trigger.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to lack of response to critical conditions such as overvoltage or overcurrent, potentially damaging hardware.

Recommendation

Install a Linux kernel patch that passes events one by one to the regulator event handler.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core Sashiko reports: Commit 754bd2b4a084 ("hwmon: (pmbus/core) Protect regulator operations with mutex") introduced a worker to batch regulator events over time using atomic_or(). The delayed worker then passes the combined bitmask unmodified to regulator_notifier_call_chain(). The core regulator subsystem's regulator_handle_critical() function evaluates the event parameter using a strict switch statement. If multiple distinct faults occur before the worker runs (e.g., REGULATOR_EVENT_UNDER_VOLTAGE | REGULATOR_EVENT_OVER_CURRENT), the combined bitmask fails to match any case. This leaves the reason as NULL and completely bypasses the critical hw_protection_trigger(). Fix the problem by passing events bit by bit to the regulator event handler.

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